Uber driver charged with sexual assault in Quincy out on bail

Wednesday

Dec 6, 2017 at 2:53 PMDec 7, 2017 at 12:26 AM

Kastriot Naksi was released on $5,000 cash bail and ordered to stay away from the victim.

Erin Tiernan

QUINCY – An Uber driver accused of sexually assaulting a 22-year-old passenger was released on bail Wednesday.Kastriot Naksi, 46, of West Roxbury posted $5,000 cash bail on Wednesday afternoon and was ordered to stay away from the accuser following a hearing to determine whether he would pose a danger to the public if released, his family confirmed.

Naksi was arrested on Cottage Street in Quincy at about 1 p.m. Nov. 30 after the woman riding in his car texted her location to a friend and told her Naksi had touched her inappropriately and wouldn’t let her out of the car.

The woman said Naksi had picked her up in the Roslindale section of Boston and was driving her to Quincy when he stopped and asked her to get into the front seat. The woman said she did as Naksi asked, believing he was going to pick up another passenger, according to a police report filed in Quincy District Court.

Once the woman was in the front seat, Assistant District Attorney Moira Daly said, Naksi started hitting on her, telling her he loved her and wanted to marry her as he put his hand on her thigh and reached between her legs. When she asked Naksi to stop and let her out, he locked the door and kept driving, the police report states.

During Naksi’s Dec. 1 arraignment, Daly said the woman captured the assault on her cellphone camera and sent text messages to the friend she was meeting, including her location and the make and model of the Uber driver’s car, a gray Honda Civic.

Uber fired Naksi after the allegation was reported, an Uber spokeswoman confirmed. He was a driver with the company for one year and had passed company and state background checks.